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We can spend money but we should not waste money.  Asia’s richest man, Li Ka-shing shares his experience with us.  It’s very touching.

Li was alighting from his car when he drop a $2 coin.  It rolled to the tyre of an adjacent vehicle.  He then bent down to try to retrieve it as he did not want to waste money.  (There is a popular saying that the rich will not bend down to pick up even $100.  It would hurt their backs.)

An Indian man walked over and asked him what he was doing.  Li said he was trying to get the coin.  “Let me help you,” said the Indian.  Li pocketed the coin he retrieved.  He then gave the Indian man a $100 tip.

“What does this story tell us?”  Li continued to explain, “If I did not get back the $2, it may drop into the drain and would disappear from this world forever.  The $100 I gave to the Indian would not be lost; he would spend it.  We can spend money but we cannot waste money.”

You can see the story here, but it’s in Cantonese as Mr Li is a Hongkie.  andrewchia.com/freedownload/likashing.flv